Hesperocorixa parallela (Fieber, 1860)

Hesperocorixa parallela (Fieber, 1860) View in CoL

Corisa carinata (Sahlberg) View in CoL : Giglio-Tos (1894: 11), “Ain Haur a 1800 m. sul Libano presso Merdsch-Ahin”; “ Beirut ”. Misidentification (verified) .

Hesperocorixa parallela (Fieber) View in CoL : Nieser & Moubayed (1986: 249), “ Liban […] Yammouné”; Fent et al. (2011: 18) View Cited Treatment , quotation of Nieser & Moubayed (1986, as “1985”); Aukema et al. (2013: 14), “ Lebanon ”, quotation of Nieser & Moubayed (1986); Ghahari et al. (2023c: 8), “ Lebanon ”, quotation of previous unspecified records.

Material examined. Published records: “Ain | Haur”, [1893], [E. Festa leg.], [E. Giglio-Tos det.] as Corisa carinata (Sahlb.) , (the first specimen of the series has an old handwritten label “ Corisa | parallela | Fieb.”), F. Cianferoni revid., 5 ♀♀, MRSN; “ Beirut ”, [ 11.VII.1893], [E. Festa leg.], [E. Giglio-Tos det.] as Corisa carinata (Sahlb.) , F. Cianferoni revid., 1 ♀, MRSN.

Survey material: Basin of Abou Aali: Qornet Es Saouda, 12.IX.2005, 1 ♂, MLUB . Basin of El Bared : Es Sirwane, 2.VIII.1998, 2 ♀♀, MLUB ; Mare El Bared, 17.VII.2003, 1 ♀, MLUB ; idem, 1 ♀, CFC . Basin of Orontes : Aayoun Orghouche, 13.VI.1996, 1 ♀, MLUB ; El Haour at Marjhine, 20.V.2001, 1 ♂, MLUB ; El Jamiaa at Marjhine, 20.V.2001, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, MLUB ; idem, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CFC ; idem, 19.X.2001, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, MLUB ; idem, 13.VIII.2003, 3 ♀♀, MLUB ; idem, 21.X.2004, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, MLUB ; El Jammâssia at Marjhine, 20.V.2001, 1 ♂, CFC .

Extra-survey material: Mt. of Ainata , 2200 m a.s.l. ( Coll. Am. Un. Beirut), 1.VII.1953, K. Christiansen leg., L. Hoberlandt det., 1 ♂ (dissected) ( NMPC) .

General distribution. This species shows a Turano-European distribution (see Jansson 1995).

Remarks. It is a predominantly montane species ( Cianferoni 2019). In Lebanon it has been collected so far in mountains (from 1375 to over 3000 m a.s.l.), with single specimen localized lowland (from “ Beirut ”) by E. Festa ( Giglio-Tos 1894; Nieser & Moubayed 1986; these new records; see Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 ). The latter record seems apparently out of context but, although it is a single female for which a certain attribution is not possible, it actually seems to belong to this species. The only other similar species occurring in Middle East could be H. occulta (Lundbald, 1929) , but the yellow lines of pronotum coalescent at the lateral corners and the body length over 9 mm ( cf. Brown 1953, Jansson 1986) of the specimen from Beirut lead us to discard this possibility. As for the elevation an uncertainty remains, since it is not clear whether E. Festa ( cf. Festa 1894) collected it right in Beirut city (the one from the end of the 19 th century, however almost at sea level) or in a surrounding area (in any case very probably at altitudes below mountain level). These records, published as Corisa carinata (Sahlberg) by Giglio-Tos (1894), are misidentifications with this species.